My husband and i have been trying to save money and pay off debt. Until this month, i have actually been doing all the heavy lifting and he just kinda goes "hmm..sounds good" but this month he got the bill for the Trash/Recycling pickup service and it was over $50/month and had a note that is it going up next month. He called around, found out the next cheapest in our area was only $3.00 less. So we looked up how much for us to take it to the dump ourselves. Turns out there is a waste collection site just 15 min from our house where a 33 gallon bag can be taken in for just $1.00! This is regular trash. The recyclables can be taken there for free! So we cancelled the service and bought some new trash bins (we are paid through to nov 30th but they came and got their cans yesterday) and some bags big enough for them and for what we would have paid for next months trash pick up, we OWN 2 cans and have the freedom to take them when they are full and not have to either wait or have them come by when it's empty. So our trash bill just went from $50/month to about $4. Just wanted to share.
November 15, 2018 at 02:27PM
